Tampa, Florida, USA

This rather nice photo was sent to us by Jim De Mauro; the photo was taken 083019.

In early July 2019 Tampa Bay Times journalist Gabrielle Calise contacted us regarding an article on this Futuro she was researching. Always happy to «talk Futuro» (we doubt that would come as a surprise to anyone) a few days later we chatted for quite sometime about the Futuro, its history and about the Tampa Futuro(s) in particular.

The resulting article, titled «That spaceship on top of a Tampa strip club? It once was the house of the future» was published online 071519. During the course of

The 103070 issue of The Tampa Times carried a short article along with a photo of a fully assembled Futuro (described not as a Futuro but as a «contraption») sitting on a flat bed truck in a parking lot on N. Dale Mabry Hwy.

It is interesting to note that the article places the photo on N. Dale Mabry Hwy, the same as the current address for this Futuro.

Earlier references suggest that this Futuro arrived at its current location in 1968 though frankly that always seemed extremely unlikely given

We have come across quite a few videos over the years that include footage of this Futuro but they have always also included some footage related to the adult nature of the busines that made them unsuitable for use on this site. Recently however Richard captured the footage below and kindly shared it with us. Certainly has some «active» lighting to go along with whatever happens «behind closed doors».

For the most part we am not much for gambling; sure we enjoy a trip to Las Vegas and might play the slots a little but that’s about it. However, if we were big time gamblers we would wager a month’s salary that the Futuro on N. Dale Mabry Hwy in Tampa, Florida is the only one in the world that gets a mention or two on WorldSexGuide.com. According to a forum post in a thread entitled «Tampa Strip Clubs» that referenced the club «2001 Nude Odyssey» we read:

«A recent New York Times story pointed